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SQL SERVER – Three Top Efficiency Features of Management Tool for SQL Server
Every weekend I spend time learning something new and interesting. My primary focus is always on either performance of SQL Server or performance of myself. This weekend, I downloaded dbForge Studio for SQL Server. It is a powerful IDE for SQL Server management, administration, development, data reporting and analysis. I have been using SQL Server Management Studio for most of the my tasks and I like sharing tips and tricks with the same. However, there are moments when I wish that SSMS provides me more than what it has been offered to me. There are moments when I feel that I can write up few macros or automated processes to solve a few of my daily routines with SSMS. In simple word, I wish I could customize SSMS a bit more to my own choice. Let us learn about Three Top Efficiency Features of Management Tool for SQL Server.
SQL SERVER – SSMS: Schema Change History Report
The heat is picking up and I am glad you are liking this series going so far. This particular report is close to my heart and the most recommended. At my recent trip to Delhi and the user group out there, I had the opportunity to meet a number of…
Read MoreDeveloper’s Life – Every Developer is Like Transformers
Transformers may not be superheroes – they don’t wear capes, they don’t have amazing powers outside of their size and folding ability, they’re not even human (technically). Part of their enduring popularity is that while we are enjoying over-the-top movies, we are learning about good leadership and strong personal skills.…
Read MoreSQL SERVER – Download SQL SERVER 2014 Database Engine Permission Posters
There is no better way to understand any complex subject than learning via diagrams. Security is very complex and dry subject. Not everyone understands it easily. I have seen quite a few of the developers who are good at performance tuning or other database concepts, but when it is about…
Read MoreSQL SERVER – SSMS: Configuration Changes History
As we go through each of the reports available in SQL Server Management Studio, I have an anecdote to share almost for most of them actually. I have used them extensively at different times and I am glad to share some of them via this blog series. Once a friend…
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SQL SERVER – Automate Database Operations for Success – Notes from the Field #035
[Note from Pinal]: This is a 35th episode of Notes from the Field series. Doing this faster and easier is always our goal. We all want to do things which generates maximum return of investment with least efforts. This is a catch 22 situation quite often when it is about…
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SQL SERVER – SSMS: Server Dashboard Report
The term dashboards come from the automobile world where it meant as instrumentation or controls for operating a vehicle. In the IT parlance, the use of dashboards meant as the state or health of system or organizations. Though this analogy cannot be taken too far because running a business is not same as running a vehicle. But the similarities of knowing the health of the system is bang-on. Let us learn about Server Dashboard Report in this blog post.
In our previous post, I gave an introduction on where to find all the SQL Server Management Studio reports. Today we will look at the first and the most basic report all of us must be working with. It is called as “Server Dashboard” report under the Server node, standard reports node.
SQL SERVER – Introduction to SQL Server Management Studio Reports
I get a ton of questions over mail and one of the most theme is always around Performance tuning and troubleshooting. To add to this confusion, even my chat window mostly involve around talking about some performance problem with SQL Server. Let me tell you some of these common themes…
Read MoreSQL SERVER – Find Blocking Using Blocked Process Threshold
In my previous blog I was talking about my friend Jim who was on a consulting assignment and was asking me for some help around blocking. Though the tip mentioned was of help, Jim did reach out to me the day after and had more queries. Some of these sound…
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